21st May - Bethells beach

**Zapf** · 17th May 2005, 23:52

Bethells?

We almost lost a Skyline down the cliff at night once.......!

**justsomeguy** · 17th May 2005, 23:54

Originally Posted by Ixion

Watch out for gravel washed out of people's drives .

Haven't seen a lot of gravel down that way....

There's sometimes a bit of foliage thats bout it and oh yeah the road surface is as smooth as a teenagers pimply cheek.

**justsomeguy** · 17th May 2005, 23:55

Originally Posted by Zapf

Bethells?

We almost lost a Skyline down the cliff at night once.......!

De-tails pl-ease

**Ixion** · 18th May 2005, 00:04

Originally Posted by justsomeguy

Haven't seen a lot of gravel down that way....

There's sometimes a bit of foliage thats bout it and oh yeah the road surface is as smooth as a teenagers pimply cheek.

I'm picking all this rain will have washed some down. Maybe not, I'm just a cowardy custard

**Mr Skid** · 18th May 2005, 00:13

Originally Posted by Ixion

I'm picking all this rain will have washed some down. Maybe not, I'm just a cowardy custard

A cowardly custard with a shiny uncrashed bike

**johnsf1980** · 18th May 2005, 06:39

Originally Posted by Madmax

i managed to slide up a bank round there,
then the bike came back down and hit me
while i was getting breath back
( a Z1 in the back hurts)
its pretty tight so watch out if its wet

Aint going to bother riding out that way if its a wet day and even if its a dry day Im going to ride slow & easy

**bugjuice** · 18th May 2005, 09:14

Originally Posted by justsomeguy

I believe bugjuice too may be coming. He too knows this road well and is a proper rider (versus a newbie like me).

stop talkin crap..
if I can make it (and I'm gonna try me best), then I'll happily poodle along. I'm not really going to be hooning it, so we can do a quick brief before we set off, then a nice cruise there and back..

**FEINT** · 18th May 2005, 22:50

Does anybody here have the route of this ride?
What is the condition of the road?

How long is the ride?

**justsomeguy** · 19th May 2005, 00:24

Originally Posted by bugjuice

stop talkin crap..
if I can make it (and I'm gonna try me best), then I'll happily poodle along. I'm not really going to be hooning it, so we can do a quick brief before we set off, then a nice cruise there and back..

Oh ....... looks like I have offended his high and crankyness......

Originally Posted by FEINT

Does anybody here have the route of this ride?
What is the condition of the road?

How long is the ride?

Hmm....yeah would be nice to have a route of this place.

And Feint the roads are pretty much the same quality as SH22. But a bit tighter in some places, with a bit more traffic too. The roads at times are narrow and visibility is limited so overtaking cars will be a careful affair.

The ride may be 3-4 hours, I think........dunno really.

**johnsf1980** · 19th May 2005, 07:08

Originally Posted by FEINT

Does anybody here have the route of this ride?
What is the condition of the road?

How long is the ride?

I tried looking for a route on Wises but Bethells beach seems to fall off their maps!

Im assuming the ride wont take very long... I believe the whole ride is just about 100 km (Correct me if Im wrong)

**hondacmx450** · 19th May 2005, 08:17

Originally Posted by johnsf1980

I tried looking for a route on Wises but Bethells beach seems to fall off their maps!

Im assuming the ride wont take very long... I believe the whole ride is just about 100 km (Correct me if Im wrong)

hi all the road up there at the mo is not bad at that time of the day ride easy wet in the shadows the ride will be about 3/4 of a hour to a hour i used to travell it evry day pasing year if it ant bizy watch the leves on the road and the corners mmm some r tight but after saying all that it is a gr8t road and you love it have fun all sorry i cant make it

**johnsf1980** · 19th May 2005, 11:43

I can actually see patches of blue sky today!!! Keeping fingers crossed that the weather improves even more

**bugjuice** · 19th May 2005, 12:14

giving real thought to going on Feints ride:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=12195

why don't you head on that one instead, nice open roads, and more used so less crap down the middle.. and fush and chups at the end of it.. but that'd be slightly longer than this ride.. just a thought

**Motu** · 19th May 2005, 12:22

Originally Posted by justsomeguy

Haven't seen a lot of gravel down that way....

It used to be ALL gravel to Bethells,I used to know people there back in the hippy days - we used to go in and out up the river.

Can you still ride on the dunes? That was a hoot,we used to ride on the beach too,no one went to Bethells back then,only the seaweeds and they were scared of bikes....First time I rode on the Bethells dunes we were going real fast,jumping off dunes,then stopped for a rest....got off the bike and looked down the next dune - like,about 100ft to the river! Shit,I was just about to launch off that one !

**johnsf1980** · 19th May 2005, 14:19

Originally Posted by bugjuice

giving real thought to going on Feints ride:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=12195

why don't you head on that one instead, nice open roads, and more used so less crap down the middle.. and fush and chups at the end of it.. but that'd be slightly longer than this ride.. just a thought

Im just going to potter around slowly to Bethells beach (only if the weather is fine) and explore the roads, have a wander around, etc

If anyone is planning on coming along make sure to inform me so that I know